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Teck (A)

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A detective. Every suspicious man is a “teck” in the eyes of a thief. Of course, the word is a contraction of [de]tec[tive].

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Teague (A)
Teakettle Broth
Tean or Teian Poet
Teanlay Night
Tear (to rhyme with “snare”)
Tear (to rhyme with “fear”)
Tear Handkerchief (The)
Teaspoon (A)
Teazle (Lady)
Teazle (Sir Peter)
Teck (A)
Teeth
Teeth are Drawn (His)
Teeth of the Wind (In the)
Teetotal
Teetotum (A)
Teian Muse (The)
Teinds
Telamonēs
Telegram
Telemachos

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